ladies & gentlemen, my holiday gift to you is a tour de force 4hr mixtape episode featuring some of my favorite music from the last 10yrs.

starting with the soaring sounds of iceland's sigur ros & ending with the latest bedroom pop from hoboken's yo la tengo, this massive mixtape spans the decade with amazing music from primal scream, radiohead, death cab, fugazi, mercury rev, saul williams, spiritualized, super furry animals & bright eyes - and that's just part1 ... part2 has hot hot heat, cursive, white stripes, arcade fire, kings of leon, lansing-dreiden, nellie mckay, tv on the radio, bloc party, sleater-kinney, girl talk, gorillaz, jenny lewis, neko case, sloan & so much more...

it's the end of the decade and a time for some reflection, so i just wanted to share some of the music that has meant so much to me over these last 10yrs ... i hope you enjoy it & i hope you have a safe holiday. take care!

Notes

media monarchy mixtape001: december 25, 2009 - end of the decade part1
sigur rós "olsen olsen" - agaetis byrjun
clint mansell & kronos quartet "summer overture/party/coney island dreaming/party/chocolate charms" - 'requiem for a dream'
jj72 "snow" - jj72
primal scream "blood money" - xtrmntr
radiohead "idioteque" - kid a
self "trunk fulla amps" - gizmodgery
tahiti 80 "puzzle" - puzzle
yo la tengo "you can have it all" - and then nothing turned itself inside-out
death cab for cutie "why you'd want to live here" - the photo album
fugazi "argument" - the argument
jimmy eat world "bleed american/a praise chorus/get it faster/the authority song" - bleed american
mercury rev "the dark is rising/a drop in time" - all is dream
saul williams "la la la/penny for a thought" - saul williams
spiritualized "do it all over again/don't just do something" - let it come down
super furry animals "(drawing) rings around the world/(a) touch sensitive" - rings around the world
system of a down "chop suey!" - toxicity
a band of bees "punchbag/no trophy" - sunshine hit me
bright eyes "lover i don't have to love/bowl of oranges" - lifted

media monarchy mixtape001: december 25, 2009 - end of the decade part2
delgados "all you need is hate" - hate
hot hot heat "more for show/get in or get out" - knock knock knock/make up the breakdown
pulp "i love life" - we love life
wilco "i'm the man who loves you" - yankee hotel foxtrot
cursive "some red handed sleight of hand/art is hard" - the ugly organ
white stripes "the hardest button to button" - elephant
arcade fire "wake up!" - funeral
jon brion "theme" - 'eternal sunshine of the spotless'
kings of leon "the bucket" - aha shake heartbreak
lansing-dreiden "advancing flags/icu/locks in shadows" the incomplete triangle/a sectioned beam
nellie mckay 'sari" - get away from me
travis morrisson "get me off of this coin" - travistan
tv on the radio "staring at the sun" - desperate youth, blood thirsty babes
bloc party "like eating glass/helicopter" silent alarm
sleater-kinney "entertain" - the woods
white stripes "my doorbell" - get behind me satan
badly drawn boy "born in the uk" - born in the uk
dresden dolls "backstabber" - yes, virginia
girl talk "smash your head" - night ripper
gorillaz w/ de la soul "feel good inc" - demon days
isobel campbell & mark lanegan "rambling' man" - ballad of the broken seas
jenny lewis & the watson twins "rise up with fist!!" - rabbit fur coat
neko case "the needle has landed" - fox confessor brings the flood
sloan "fading into obscurity" - never hear the end of it
sondre lerche "everyone's rooting for you" - duper sessions
arctic monkeys "this house is a circus" - favorite worst nightmare
white stripes "conquest" - icky thump
girl talk "here's the thing" - feed the animals
yo la tengo "if it's true" - popular songs